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... nature and amount of masonry for each ; he calculates the quantities of embankments and cut- tings , balancing the one against the other as nearly as circum- stances will allow , and having , by first boring , and afterwards by the ...
... nature and amount of masonry for each ; he calculates the quantities of embankments and cut- tings , balancing the one against the other as nearly as circum- stances will allow , and having , by first boring , and afterwards by the ...
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... nature . In many instances the contractors let out a portion of the work they have engaged to perform to sub - contractors , who again " set " the earth - work to a body of " navvies , " who again among themselves sub - divide it among ...
... nature . In many instances the contractors let out a portion of the work they have engaged to perform to sub - contractors , who again " set " the earth - work to a body of " navvies , " who again among themselves sub - divide it among ...
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... nature of the ground through which this great work was to pass , the engineer in chief sank the usual number of what are termed " trial shifts , " and , it clearly appear- ing therefrom that the principal portion of the stratum was the ...
... nature of the ground through which this great work was to pass , the engineer in chief sank the usual number of what are termed " trial shifts , " and , it clearly appear- ing therefrom that the principal portion of the stratum was the ...
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... nature subsequently occurred . In order to execute some trifling repair to the brattice , there was , during a desperate cold night , sus- pended , about half - way down the shaft , a temporary scaffolding on which several artificers ...
... nature subsequently occurred . In order to execute some trifling repair to the brattice , there was , during a desperate cold night , sus- pended , about half - way down the shaft , a temporary scaffolding on which several artificers ...
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... nature , that for a considerable time , in spite of all efforts or pre- cautions , it continued to flow over into the cutting like por- ridge . The only remedy which could be applied was , at vast labour and expense , to remove this ...
... nature , that for a considerable time , in spite of all efforts or pre- cautions , it continued to flow over into the cutting like por- ridge . The only remedy which could be applied was , at vast labour and expense , to remove this ...
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